This morning, I woke up to the playful running sounds of two dogs and the brisk feel of slightly wet beach air from an open window nearby. (more…)

This past weekend, I had the absolute honor of visiting with the parishioners of my fellow Diocese of Fresno parish St. Joachim’s in Madera, CA.  One of their priests, Fr. Rafael Lavilla, OSJ, kindly invited me to give the introductory remarks for their screening of The 13th Day: The True Story of Fatima. (more…)

This week, we go along on the adventure of a lifetime with friend and fellow SQPN listener Deborah Schaben.  Listen in as Deborah shares her pilgrimage along the  Camino de Santiago de Compostela. (more…)

We are enjoying a weekend of family fun and music to celebrate Adam’s 15th birthday! The boys are living hearing some of their favorite bands and playing in jam sessions too!

I’m having too much fun to stop and do a full blog post, but wanted to share a few of the highlights of the past two days with you.  Watch my Facebook page over the weekend for more fun and excitement too!

St. Dominic's Catholic Church, San Francisco

Fr. Robert Barron, Word on Fire

Approaching the Golden Gate Bridge

Amazing Views on the Bridge

St. Raphael the Archangel Mission

I’ve been sharing about my trip to the Ave Maria Grotto at the St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama. Since Brother Joseph Zoettl’s work is truly art and can best be appreciated visually, I thought you might enjoy seeing this little video I put together. It features many of my favorite miniatures and shrines from the Grotto, accompanied by one of my favorite songs from Christ Music Kids. Enjoy!

Hi friends!  I though some of you might enjoy seeing the photos from my recent trip to the South.  I’ve created an online gallery where you can view them in full detail.  This will enable you to see the beauty of Mother Angelica’s Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament (more…)

This week’s bonus episode brings you along on my recent trip to Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.  Come along with my parents and me as we visit some wonderful Catholic sites in Alabama and enjoy a special interview with my 10 year old nephew, Patrick. (more…)

Hey everybody! Just wanted to check in here on the blog from my vacation in Gulfport, Mississippi. I’ve been staying with my parents this week (more…)

Yesterday, Eric and I played hooky from our responsibilities and accompanied Greg on his monthly trip to San Francisco.  (more…)

Mac Barron makes me laugh out loud just about every week when he joins his stunning wife Katherine in hosting Catholic in a Small Town.  (more…)

Join me for a trip to San Antonio to attend this year’s Catholic New Media Celebration, sponsored by SQPN.  We speak with the participants, speakers and sponsors who made this event such a great success.

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It’s been a wonderful trip to Texas.  I enjoyed meeting so many of you in person!  These are my photos from the trip.  You can download them at Flickr.  Recordings of many of the day’s events are also available at Ustream.

For those who can’t be here with us in person in San Antonio at the Catholic New Media Celebration, keep an eye on my Twitter feed and my Facebook page (more…)

Lots of us are “staycationing” this summer thanks to the economy and gas prices.  If you can’t get away for a vacation, you may want to join CatholicTV host Kevin Nelson (more…)

Plans are really coming together for this year’s Catholic New Media Celebration to be held on June 27 in San Antonio, Texas.  (more…)

In case you’ve been wondering about the lack of blog posts for the past few weeks, I’ve been busily working away on the edits for my book project (more…)

Our good friend Mountain Butorac is offering you the chance to win a trip to Europe (more…)

Greetings from the lobby of my hotel room in Anaheim, where I’ll be attending the Diocese of LA’s Religious Education Congress for the next four days! (more…)